interrupter
/ˌɪn.təˈrʌp.tɚ/
noun
- A person who stops someone from speaking or doing something by saying or doing something else.
- The teacher asked the interrupter to raise his hand next time.
- She was known as a frequent interrupter during meetings.
- The comedian turned the heckler into an interrupter of his own jokes.
- A device or mechanism that breaks an electrical circuit or stops a signal.
- The circuit uses an interrupter to prevent overloads.
- The old telegraph had a simple interrupter for sending Morse code.
- An interrupter switch cut the power when the machine overheated.
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